A study by an environmental group says biofuel demand is driving a new “land grab” in Africa…A multibillion project is currently going on in Tana Delta region with more than 50,000 hectares of land set to be under the crop…The first phase of the project would be on 10,000 hectares in one of…six ranches leased by Bedford Biofuels Company…John Mitchell, the Bedford Biofuels General Manager to Kenya, said…said the company will spend Sh270 million in the first four years to support development projects in the area for the benefit of both the ranch owners and the locals. He said they would also use the 10,000 hectares in the first phase and the other 9,000 hectares to be used on humanitarian developments such as eco-tourism, beekeeping, roads projects, hospitals and conservation of the environment…Proponents of biofuels argue they are renewable and can help fight climate change because the growing plants ingest as much carbon dioxide from the air as the fuels made from them emit when burned.